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The Cause Behind World War II
Markella Damianos
Professor Sletcher
July 3, 2014
George Washington said, If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it;
if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising
prosperity,

Blog 4:
A total war is defined as, A war that is unrestricted in terms of the weapons
used, the territory or combatants involved, or the objectives pursued,
especially one in which the laws of war are disregarded
(oxforddictionaries.com). The Great War is

Nelson Mandela stated: Our human compassion binds us the one to the other not in pity or patronizingly, but as human beings who have learnt how to turn our
common suffering into hope for the future 1This quote could not ring more true than the
affects of

Robert Hicks The Widow of the South is a novel that highlights the battle at
Franklin during the Civil War. Hicks main focus is through Mrs. Carrie McGavock and
her role during and after the battle. Hicks stated that his purpose and focus of his novel
was

Napoleon Bonaparte said, History is the version of past events that people have
decided to agree upon (Quotationpages). Stephen King, in his novel 11/22/63, changes
what people have decided to agree upon. His story intends to bring theories to life and
to

Markella Damianos
October 17, 2013
Aristotle said, The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear
rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because of the punishment that it
brings than because of its own foulness (BrainyQuote).

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Brooke Rixon
Professor T. Williams
April 27, 2013
National Community: The Rise and Fall
Communities are like shadowsthey can hide behind you, follow you
everywhere you go, and deceive your thoughts and mind. Just like everything in life,
there is

Britain's government became a constitutional monarchy in
the 1600s. This form of government still reigns today. A
constitutional monarchy consists of the "monarch serves as
the head of state, but Parliament holds the real power. The
British Parliament con

Nationalism during the 19th century was on the rise: nationalism was the most
successful political force of the 19th century. It emerged from two main sources: the
Romantic exaltation of "feeling" and "identity" [see Herder above all on this] and the
Libe

James Schweighardt
HS 209
Professor Pitts
11/29/12
Long Paper
Russian Revolution of 1917
The Russian Revolution was a rebel on Russian government led by Bolshevik
leader Vladamir Lenin. While the majority of it was held in 1917, the Russian Revolution
has

James Schweighardt
HS 209
Professor Pitts
11/15/12
Short Term Paper
Night
Throughout time, my only knowledge about the Holocaust was from word of
mouth or through history courses. Because I wasnt alive, and do not know anyone who
experienced the Holocaust

triangular trade colonial trade routes among Europe and its colonies, the West Indies,
and Africa in which goods were exchanged for slaves
Middle Passage the second leg of triangular trade in which slaves were transported to
the Americas
Olaudah Equiano

Richard Jones
Professor Lal
2/22/13
Gandhis view on freeing India is very straightforward. He is speaking on the
most basic concepts of fighting against imperialism and that is the removal of the
mother country and its influence upon the host country. Thi

Richard Jones
Professor Lal
3/22/13
The Third World movement was one in which countries from Latin America,
Asia, and Africa not aligned with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), which
is considered the First World, or with the Communist Nations

Richard Jones
Professor Lal
4/19/13
The United States relationship with the Third World was not just a rocky one but
one in which relationships were strained and national rights were impeded upon. With the
creation of the Third World and their non-alignme

Sean Lydon
HS208
Response Paper #3
Pan-Africanism is an ideology base on the unity of all African people. It is also an
endeavor to return to traditional African values and culture. It was a way for Africans to resist
imperialism and colonialism. The pan-

Sean Lydon
HS208
Response Paper #2
In Ghandis Hindu Swaraj or Indian Home Rule, he makes several arguments about the
state of India and how it may attain independence. In one section, Ghandi describes what
swaraj means to him. He says that swaraj is Engli

Sean Lydon
HS208 Lal 12FA
Response Paper: Shooting an Elephant
The story Shooting an Elephant by George Orwell depicts the Europeans lack of
understanding of the natives as well as their intense dislike for them. It also shows how the
natives hated their

Sean Lydon
HS208
Final Paper
The United States had a very strained relationship with most of the Third World
during the Cold War for many reasons. One of these reasons was their involvement in the
Congo. The CIAs help with the assassination of Prime Minis

Sean Lydon
HS 208
Paper #1
There were many imperialist and anti-colonial movements throughout the
twentieth century. These movements occurred all over the world. Imperialist attempts
were made in Mexico, Africa, India, China, Japan, and Eastern Europe. Th

Johann Gutenberg printer who invented a printing press with movable type
Flanders a prosperous region of cities in the present-day Netherlands, France, and
Belgium, where the northern Renaissance began
Albrecht Drer German artist who spread Renaissance i

humanism the Renaissance intellectual
movement that studied classical cultures to increase understanding of their own times
humanities subjects such as grammar, poetry, rhetoric, and history
Petrarch Florentine humanist, poet, and scholar who assembled a

Huguenots French Protestants of the 1500s and 1600s
Henry IV a Huguenot prince who inherited the French throne in 1589
Edict of Nantes a proclamation issued by Henry IV granting the Huguenots religious
toleration and other freedoms
Cardinal Richelieu chi

Mombasa a city in southeastern Kenya, located on a small coastal island; became a
trading hub for the Portuguese in Africa
Malindi a coastal town in southeastern Kenya; became a trading hub for the Portuguese
in Africa
plantation large estate or farm, ru